None of the residents spoke while king Alaric spoke. Everyone listened.
"Thus, with this, I punish the sinners to death. And leaving one offspring to be sacrificed for the rest of her life, we need her blood to be shed once a week to eliminate the influence of black magic in the kingdom. With this, I punish you to death!!""LONG LIVE THE KINGDOM OF BRITAIN GUSTAF!! LONG LIVE ALARIC KING!!"Everyone shouted after king Alaric finished speaking. He returned to his seat right next to the queen dowager. But the calm Benedict rebelled violently when he heard that his daughter would not die but become the victim of torture, which was more terrible than death."CASSIA!!" Benedict shouted the name of the queen dowager, who turned slowly towards him, giving a triumphant smile."NO!! PLEASE, MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER, ARE NOT BLACK SWITCHES!! ALARIC, PLEASE BELIEVE IN ME!"Unfortunately, she did not hear Rania's screams among the screams of the residents who cursed her parents, and her grandparents had been beheaded—leaving the mother, who looked resigned. Her eyes are red, her hair is messy, and her face is ashen. She looked at Rania with deep regret that her daughter had to suffer such a painful punishment, she had given up, but the unreasonable sentence was instead handed down to her innocent daughter.On the other hand, Benedict, the sword master, managed to escape the soldiers' grip. He stepped before the queen dowager with a thick grudge and hatred. He was ready to chew the entrails of the cruel queen."YOU ARE A DEAD QUEEN, CASSIA!!""What is this sinner saying? The guards quickly take him under the Guillotine to be beheaded immediately—" said King Alaric, who was immediately cut off by the sword master."And you! I knew the son of Philips would not do this, and you are my daughter's fiancé. But I didn't think that you, too, would be deceived by the very sinful liars around you!!" Benedict's speech continued even though they hit the body to the ground for daring to look directly at the royal family as a sinner.Benedict still looked up and continued, "REST ASSURED, SON! YOU WILL REGRET EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR LIFE!!" Benedict's oath.Rania saw everything her father was doing and heard what her father said. Her body weakened and fell onto the wooden floor she stepped on, and the two guards behind let her know that this little girl would not have the power to escape.And it all happened so fast. Grandpa, grandma, mother, and father are beheaded in front of Rania's eyes without being able to do anything until she is returned to a different prison, a colder prison, with a blank stare.Rania was still in a state of shock, it was already getting dark, but the screams, hateful looks, and disgusted stares at her were still visible.Moreover, the blood from her parents, when their heads separated from the body. One last look of affection, even a word her father spoke before the Guillotine knife finally cut his throat."You must stay alive and remember all that they have done. The gods will never stand by the tyranny of sinners—" Benedict's words stopped when his head was separated from his body, and that was the terrible thing that Rania remembered.Rania hugged her body, and she shivered uncontrollably, remembering all the events today. Her father's eyes were red with tears, but the depths of her father's eyes radiated hatred, anger, and guilt, even though now only she was left alone.She had a younger brother before she could even see her brother. The queen's side took her from Hera's arms that time. Even so, she remained alone in this cold prison....."Stop!!! Arghh!! I beg you to stop… please stop it hurt… cry..."The sound of the whip slashing against her back. How long had it been? Rania doesn't know; she cries bitterly, but no one listens to her. Even the figure she loved in front of her was watching with a cold, untouchable face. Rania was initially pleading with the king of Alaric but now lost hope.Her face was already covered with tears and splattered with her blood, and her body was sore and sore. The repeated lashes were aimed at the same wound, her hands tied up. Being whipped while hanging made the part of her body switch hurt and her wrists and shoulders very sore.While under her feet, there is a container that holds her blood."Argh!! Please… cry… please stop…." Rania pleaded desperately."SILENCE!! You are a sinner unfit to speak before the king!!" The civilian who was whipping her answered angrily, a natural hatred in her voice that frightened Rania."It hurts… it hurts so much…." Rania was only 13 years old but had already endured this torture."You deserve it!! Now, everything will be like hell!" The whip on the hand of the guard who was whipping Rania disappeared.King Alaric stood up from his chair and walked towards the fire that was burning in a vessel, and he pulled a hot iron from it. Rania, who had hoped this torture would end, glared wildly and struggled harder, forgetting the pain from whipping the body."LET ME GO!! Please Alaric... PLEASE NO!!! ARGHHH!! SICK!! IT HURTS!!!!" Rania was hysterical when the hot iron reached the skin of her stomach.The burning pain, the skin that touched the hot iron scalded, and the sound of burning flesh wafted through the room with an inescapable loud cry. Raia saw Alaric's face in front of her and visited with her own two eyes that there was no compassion from the man she loved.But the king of Alaric himself, as her former fiancé, didn't give any reaction on his face.And the screaming, crying, and despair continued until the pain knocked Rania unconscious. King Alaric went from there and let the correctional officers who carried Rania's body into her prison again after ordering them to clean the sinner's scars. The blood that had been collected was carried away.Alaric stepped hastily towards the dungeon, and he remembered that today was the day the civil guards began to give torture sentences to suspected traitors and descendants of black magic users. As the last descendant, Rania gets a life sentence for removing black magic as the royal fortune teller says the way to remove black magic is by giving the user's traitor blood.But, in recent years, there are often monsters that enter the kingdom due to black magic that attracts the smell and intuitive senses of the demons.He might hate Rania for daring to poison the queen's mother before, as well as the empress dowager this time, well as himself in front of so many people, but in fact, Alaric still harbors that love until this day. He couldn't bear to see the woman injured, and he should have let Rania die because of the torture wound. He always brought a healer to treat Rania for her injuries.Watching the civilians and stopping them from behaving excessively, even Alaric killed the civilia
"Did you hear that king Alaric just conquered a small kingdom in three days? It's crazy!! The king of Alaric now holds the big record, and he is known to be so cruel and ruthless that if you commit a mistake like corruption and raping women, the punishment will be meted out without a judge!" Rania turned towards the prison door when she heard it."Yeah, the kingdom is more prosperous. Even though the city's construction is no longer neglected, I can see the city's beauty is getting more and more charming. Even the embroidery house isn't as shabby as it used to be!" Laughter sounded at the end of the sentence of the civil guards outside."We all know King Alaric loves the current queen dowager as his surrogate mother. What a very filial son."The sound of their footsteps echoed because this was a cold dungeon. Before then, Rania heard other footsteps that sounded heavy but so familiar.JINGLING!The sound of the key made Rania cringe and run to the end of the room, and she crouched dow
Rania opened her eyes to find the man who tried to kill her now looking at her with a worried face. There was no blood there, no red eyes that wanted to devour her immediately. But Rania could still feel the real fear, so it was just a dream."It was just a bad dream. Go back to sleep..." said King Alaric hugging Rania's warm body back into his arms. "It's okay, and I'm here. No one will dare touch you."But Rania did not calm down, and she felt more and more as if a rope was wrapped around her neck, ready to hang her in seconds. She was threatening her life before she could avenge her parents.Rania's fears, feelings, thoughts, and hearts are often tense and uncertain with time. There was a time when Rania would feel frightened by sudden things like king Alaric who often came to touch her or sleep hugging her until dawn.Every time there was the sound of footsteps, she was frightened. Every time she closed her eyes, her mind wandered about a death better than this life. But Rania rem
King Alaric then fell silent, unable to answer. But his body was getting closer to hugging Rania's back, and a calming scent emerged from the body of the woman he had loved so far. Since realizing that even he couldn't turn his back on his childhood fiancé, King Alaric has grown more desperate and has caused big waves in the kingdom."I will release you from this prison, but on the condition that you will be my mistress!" said King Alaric, suddenly making Rania's body freeze.Rania did not answer, and the woman stared blankly at the wall in front of her. Her eyes were already giving any reaction, and she lost herself when the person who had given her a bad experience came to take the most meaningful thing she had and was snatched away by this devil-hearted man."Will free you from this place, Rania." King Alaric said, kissing the back of Rania's neck."On what basis did you let me out of this prison? After so many years, this place became my home!" replied Rania, finally opening her v
"Fine, I'll do what I can," Pitter replied resignedly.Looking at the pale figure in front of him, this woman was already lifeless, but Alaric still preserved her body. It had been a week, and he continued to treat every old scar with all strength until now, that face looked even paler than before.After finishing the treatment, every scar on Rania's body disappeared and left her cold skin and stiff body."I discovered a terrible conspiracy from death, Rania..." blurted King Alaric to Pitter, who intended to say goodbye."What did you find? Did it happen to the ministers?""My mother, queen dowager Cassia. She ordered someone to release the fugitive from prison with the lure of unconditional freedom. I also found an oddity in every Rania's blood taken several years ago. Didn't burn the blood like the fortune teller said, but spread all over the walls of the royal castle that protected the city from monsters…." King Alaric explained."Then what are you going to do now?" asked Pitter."
"I'm going to go wandering, and it's been two years since my sister's death." Said 10-year-old Benjamin.His body was tall, and his face looked more grown. Even though he was only a ten-year-old boy, his thoughts were above those of an adult worrying about king Alaric as his adoptive brother."You are still only ten years old. It will not be allowed for you to wander around!" answered king Alaric to the younger brother of his childhood sweetheart."I have Mikael to accompany me; he is a trained warrior. I want to find mom, so she can explain everything that happened to me! And take responsibility for it!" said Benjamin with great confidence."It won't be that easy, Benjamin. You know that mother is the strongest and most stubborn woman. Even her cunning is not easy for me to know if not with the experience I've been through." Said king Alaric honestly.The palace scheme is worse than anything else. Even husband and wife can kill each other. King Alaric realized this all started with t
"Where's Oscar?!" asked Rania after a day after she realized.Hera looked at her daughter with a pale face, "You must be hungry. Mother will send Ines to bring lunch," her mother got up from the chair. Rania watched her mother leave, and her father did not go to fulfill the king's invitation because of the current problems. There was an illegitimate child in the Guinevere family, a real illegitimate child."Mom! I'm not hungry. May I know where Oscar is?" she asked again to her mother, who stopped her steps.There, Hera closed her eyes, remembering two days ago. When she was hysterical when she found out that her husband had an illegitimate child and her daughter was carried in Oscar's arms, soaked and unconscious, she beat the young man in anger. She accuses Oscar of hurting her daughter and avoiding his husband.And when Rania wakes up, she realizes God has given her a second life."Don't ask about him, please... mom doesn't want to hear anything about him!" Hera answered without wa
After this second life, Rania realizes that not everyone in her castle is a good person. There was the traitor, the spy sent by the current queen Cassia and her aunt. Even though some were royal ministers, they were all mad to bring down the Guinevere family due to their greed for honor and wealth. Greedy, to the point of killing everyone in her father's castle.But there was one person who survived, and that person was the closest person to her father.Rania walked into the hall of her father's enormous castle. The castle that was once very old was changed to be so luxurious and extensive, like a building in the kingdom. Her eyes roamed every corner of the alley and the garden she passed. How much she missed all of this in the past. A serenity she had never felt in her first life was only filled with fear and extreme pain.Rania wanted to see her mother, who was still avoiding her, and she didn't wish for Hera to continue to wail. Her family's life is in danger, and if Hera can't mak